- Author
- Johns Hopkins University
- Title
- Fire Problems Program. Fire Fatalities Study. Quarterly Progress Report. October 1, 1976-December 31, 1976.
- Coporate
- Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NBS-4-9022-76(009), 1976, 11 p.
- Contract
- NBS-GRANT-4-9022
- Keywords
- fire fatalities | fire statistics | death
- Abstract
- The "Fire Casualty Study" funded by the National Bureau of Standards Programmatic Center for Fire Research since July 1, 1974 includes five topics which form the basis for a larger view of the causes and consequences of fire casualties in the State of Maryland. Included are: 1: detailed case studies, 2: cyanide studies, 3: tracheobronchial tree analysis, 4: external soot analysis, and 5: interaction between heart disease and carbon monoxide intake.